NBA Off Season Thread

[bankybruce]

Mavs Front-Runners For Wesley Matthews

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/07/raptors-interested-matthews.html

Paul Millsap Deciding Between Magic, Hawks

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/07/millsap-deciding-between.html

Raptors To Sign DeMarre Carroll

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/07/raptors-demarre-carroll.html

Hawks To Acquire Tiago Splitter

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/07/hawks-acquire-splitter.html

Jimmy Butler leaning toward Chicago’s five-year offer instead of a shorter deal

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/07/qualifying-jimmy-butler.html

Nets To Re-Sign Brook Lopez, Thaddeus Young

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/07/deals-brook-young.html

Spurs, Danny Green Reach Deal

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/07/spurs-green-reach.html

Bulls To Re-Sign Mike Dunleavy

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/07/bulls-dunleavy-close.html

Heat To Re-Sign Goran Dragic, five-year, $90MM deal

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/07/sign-goran-dragic.html

Blazers Close To Max Extension With Damian Lillard

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/07/blazers-extension-lillard.html

Blazers, Al-Farouq Aminu Agree To Deal, four-year, $30MM deal

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/06/blazers-farouq-agree.html

 

[az jam]

Good to have a separate thread on this.

With Danny Green and Demarre Carroll both being signed what now is Plan B for the Suns??

 

[Ronin]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA

Free agent Dwyane Wade and Miami are progressing in talks on a likely multi-year deal, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

 

[bankybruce]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA

Read he wants $50 million. I guess chasing a ring is not important at this point in his career. He can ride those paychecks into the sunset. As this point, who would really give it to him knowing he is declining quickly and his body is already pretty broken. I thought for sure he would take less money to go to a team like the Clippers.

 

[az jam]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA
Lakers didn't make strong impression in Aldridge meeting, sources say. Spurs can close on him. LMA expected to make decision fairly soon.


Do Suns really have a chance on getting him.

 

[bankybruce]

The Spurs are the front-runners for LaMarcus Aldridge

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/07/latest-on-lamarcus-aldridge-3.html

WOW, looks like they have a few more runs in them. The Twin Towers are back and this time TIMMMAY is the old savy vet.

 

[Ronin]

I thought for sure he would take less money to go to a team like the Clippers.

I think most people thought Cleveland...

 

[Ronin]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA
Lakers didn't make strong impression in Aldridge meeting, sources say. Spurs can close on him. LMA expected to make decision fairly soon.


Do Suns really have a chance on getting him.

Maybe.

Paul Coro ‏@paulcoro 32s33 seconds ago
The Spurs are clear leaders for Aldridge. As of now, the Suns are still scheduled to meet with Aldridge after SA does. Tough act to follow.

 

[az jam]

Paul Coro ‏@paulcoro
The Spurs are clear leaders for Aldridge. As of now, the Suns are still scheduled to meet with Aldridge after SA does. Tough act to follow.

 

[slinslin]

PJ Tucker is bascially the same player Demarre Carroll is only for 1/3 of the price.

Markieff Morris is making half of what Carroll makes and 1/4 of what Lillard makes.

We will have a bunch of super bargains on our payroll for the next years.

Bledsoe and Knight combined make about what Lillard makes alone.

 

[bankybruce]

I think most people thought Cleveland...

The problem with Cleveland is they could offer a low exception since there is no way Riley would do a Sign and Trade. I think I heard 3.5 million.

 

[sunsfan88]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA
Lakers didn't make strong impression in Aldridge meeting, sources say. Spurs can close on him. LMA expected to make decision fairly soon.


Do Suns really have a chance on getting him.

No, Spurs already have him locked up. He may finish the meetings with other teams out of formality but it's basically a done deal with him going to Spurs otherwise they wouldn't have traded Splitter.

 

[bankybruce]

https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/616309687886090240


Honestly, I was getting a little worried with all the Lakers talk that he would take the one year qualifying offer.

 

[bankybruce]

No, Spurs already have him locked up. He may finish the meetings with other teams out of formality but it's basically a done deal with him going to Spurs otherwise they wouldn't have traded Splitter.

Yup, and now they only need to free up about a million to be able to offer him a max. I wonder is Tim will take a cut to make it happen. Portland already said they won't do a sign and trade.

 

[slinslin]

The Cavs are paying Tristan Thompson 5yrs/80+M$ ..

Kevin Love also staying in Cleveland, that will be a big payroll.

 

[JS22]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA
Lakers didn't make strong impression in Aldridge meeting, sources say. Spurs can close on him. LMA expected to make decision fairly soon.


Do Suns really have a chance on getting him.

Nope. Never did.

In the meantime they're going to miss out on the 1a guys.

 

[slinslin]

Basically the Cavs are paying Thompson and Love 200M$ over the next 5 years.

Knight and Bledsoe is a CHEAP backcourt.

 

[FArting]

Kevin Love to resign with Cavs

 

[95pro]

Basically the Cavs are paying Thompson and Love 200M$ over the next 5 years.

Knight and Bledsoe is a CHEAP backcourt.

and then the HEAT will overpay Dragic and Wade.

 

[sunsfan88]

Wow despite all the critics, Cavs managed to resign both Love and Thompson!

Griffin has done a good job with the Cavs, he learned well from Kerr. A shame we couldn't keep him instead of hiring Blanks....

 

[slinslin]

Wow despite all the critics, Cavs managed to resign both Love and Thompson!

Griffin has done a good job with the Cavs, he learned well from Kerr. A shame we couldn't keep him instead of hiring Blanks....

A good job is overpaying Thompson and maxing Love?

LOL He is just spending money nothing else.

 

[sunsfan88]

Cavs are now a lock to make the Finals and do it easily without having to wear out LeBron for like the next 5 years at least.

I gotta say I'm surprised Love agreed to sign now instead of taking a 1 yr deal and cashing in next summer on the new max which will be substantially higher than the current max. I guess he decided to sacrifice some to play with LeBron and Kyrie.

 

[az jam]

No surprise.

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA
Yahoo Sources: Brandon Knight, Phoenix Suns agree on a five-year, $70M

 

[JS22]

No surprise.

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA
Yahoo Sources: Brandon Knight, Phoenix Suns agree on a five-year, $70M

Good on Knight for not backing out and demanding more money, which he certainly could have considering what everyone else is getting. Looking foward to what he can do during a full season of (hopefully) being healthy.

Also, unless you can swing Bledsoe for a B+ player that balances out the roster I think you just roll with the 2 PG system again. I'm not even a Bledsoe fan but the system worked when Bledsoe and Dragic were surrounded with shooters.

 

[CardsFan88]

Paul Coro ‏@paulcoro
The Spurs are clear leaders for Aldridge. As of now, the Suns are still scheduled to meet with Aldridge after SA does. Tough act to follow.

Time to pull out the stops Sarver...like this.

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